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Tsunami threat eases after powerful magnitude-7.0 earthquake shakes Solomon Islands

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Solomon Islands has been rattled by another powerful earthquake, but authorities have now lifted a warning of potential hazardous tsunami waves…

Read Full Article, ABC Australia (12-09-2016)

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